The entire round, which comprised 13 games, averaged 3.446 million viewers, the best since 2017.
5.35 million viewers tuned into the contest on TBS, making it the largest Game 1 audience since the Yankees faced the Red Sox in 2018.
Costas told The Athletic's Richard Deitsch announcing the entire series "allows you to get into a rhythm. It isn’t quite like playing, but it’s the closest...